 infobox city name narwell image_map map_narwell jpg country wild coast province - mayor population 2 900 narwell or naer naer's well as it was once known originally was nothing more than a cluster of farmlands around an artesian well some 90 miles inland from the wild coast by c 260 or -385 cy it had become a fortified village trading goods with coastal communities as well as any elf olvenfolk tolerant daring or corrupt enough to dare trading with a human community however the general lawlessness of the area quickly gave narwell a well-deserved reputation as a center of banditry as these raiders served the town as scouts and guerilla fighters during wars with enraged elf olvenfolk woodland monsters humanoid bands and human#suloise suloise neighbors narwell narwell's peoples have always been a tad xenophobic though normally this tends to be subdued anyone whose ancestors were not from this town is usually treated with a bit of derision especially if ones ancestors include elves this tendancy makes itself even more apparant during the annual foundation day celebrated once a year on midsummer day though filled with the normal drinking music and fighting that follows such riotous celebrations the entire day is filled with an unpleasant edge even greater than normal against any outsiders this edge is even stronger towards elves a feeling fairly shared by that race especially those originally from celene country celene given the main event of the day the town baron baron's troops leading a city-wide parade through the streets carry the town town's standard through the streets; a standard which includes a number of trophies taken from elves of the gnarley forest or welkwood slain in past battles with town guards or local highwaymen the bright desert to the east tends to cause the weather throughout the northern wild coast to be a bit odd compared to most on windy days a faint yellow haze and a patina of dust are common as particles from the sand- and duststorms of that area are carried across the bay dirty rain also tends to be common in narwell when the same windblown dust comes down in thundershowers leading rainwater to be filtered or let sit for a day before anyone attempts to drink it 